We've read, watched and listened to enthralling tales and anecdotes about the Pacific Northwest's fantastic soccer culture since the trio of cities — Seattle, Portland and Vancouver — entered MLS in 2009 in 2011.

But few — if any — storytellers could truly capture the essence and spirit of a soccer city in the way that KICKTV's faux journalist extraordinaire (his words, not mine) Jimmy Conrad does as KICKTV's "Ultimate Group G Preview" series rolls on ahead of this summer's World Cup in Brazil.